Michael Connelly set tongues wagging earlier this month when he divulged details about the upcoming spin-off of his hit series, “Bosch.” According to the best-selling author, the new show, which will see titular character, former LAPD detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch (Titus Welliver), working as a newly-minted private detective, is either keeping the same name as its predecessor or will tentatively go by “Bosch P.I.” Pegged to air on Amazon’s sister streamer, IMDb TV, filming is already underway with a first season storyline inspired by Connelly’s 2016 novel, “The Wrong Side of Goodbye.” Calling the tome’s use as source material a “no-brainer,’ he exclusively told Newsweek “It’s very much one of my favorite books; it might be my favorite book because I finally get to the thing that inspired me to be a writer and that was the private eye novels of people like Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald and Dashiell Hammett.”
Along with Harry, the spinoff will also heavily feature Bosch’s daughter, Maddie (Madison Lintz), as well as his nemesis-turned-associate, Honey “Money” Chandler (Mimi Rogers). One character who will definitely not be making an appearance (unless it’s via flashback)? Lawyer J. Reason Fowkkes (Spencer Garrett), who (spoiler!) meets his demise in “Bosch’s” final season while attempting to kill off the witnesses to his client Carl Rogers’ (Max E. Williams) insider trader scheme.
Sadly, that means his glorious house won’t be making an encore cameo, either.
Located at 511 S. Muirfield Rd. in Hancock Park, the striking three-story structure is one I’ve long been familiar with thanks to its glorious architecture and prolific filming resume. (Please remember this is a private home. Do not trespass or bother the residents or the grounds in any way.) A 2017 listing, in which it was offered for rent at a whopping $21,000 a month, notes that it is one of the most beautiful homes in the area and that is not hyperbole.
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Image Credit: Lindsay Blake The Tudor-style manse was originally constructed in 1929 for Willis J. Boyle, whose father founded the Boyle Manufacturing Co., and his wife, Blanche. Architect information is absent from the building permits, but the A. D. Chisholm Company, which was responsible for many homes in the area, served as contractor. Construction costs weighed in at $35,500 – $33,000 for the residence itself and an additional $2,500 for the detached three-car garage. Today, Zillow estimates the place’s worth at north of $7.6 million!
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Image Credit: Zillow Situated behind the considerable façade are seven bedrooms and five baths in 7,428 square feet. As expected, the living areas are luxe and spacious and include a family/theatre room, a formal dining room, a wine cellar and an updated kitchen. A past listing also notes that there is a “child’s retreat with a stage” on the third floor, which sounds like an absolute dream for the young – or young at heart – who find themselves lucky enough to visit the property. Hardwood flooring, extensive molding and four-centered arches that call to mind European castles can be found throughout.
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Image Credit: Zillow The pad, which last sold in August 2002 for $2,925,000, is blanketed in lush green lawns on both its front and back sides. The rolling 0.41-acre lot also features a pool and a spa, which were added in 2005.
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Image Credit: Zillow The estate’s true focal point, though, is its two-story foyer which, with a sweeping wrought iron staircase, stained glass window and broad moldings, looks straight out of a cathedral! Though only a tight view was shown, one look at the space as the camera panned through it in the season seven episode of “Bosch” titled “Jury’s Still Out” and I recognized it immediately.
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Image Credit: Zillow The residence’s “to die for” wood-paneled library (as a past listing described it), also appeared on “Bosch.” It is there, amongst the handsome wood-paneled walls, stone fireplace and full wall of built-ins, that Fowkkes meets his untimely end in the episode titled “The Greater Good.”
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Image Credit: Sony Pictures Television “Bosch” is hardly the first production to make use of the dwelling. Said to be located in Dunn’s River, Connecticut (a “neighborhood known as ‘Rich’”), the manse most famously portrayed the spot where Jessica (Katherine Helmond) and the rest of the zany Tate family lived on the popular 1970s sitcom “Soap.”
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Image Credit: Comworld Pictures It popped up as the home of Olivia McKenna (Melissa Newman) in the 1982 horror film “One Dark Night.”
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Image Credit: Warner Bros. Television Studios Ian Gallagher (Cameron Monaghan) and Mickey Milkovich (Noel Fisher) rob the place in the season three episode of “Shameless” titled “The Sins of My Caretaker.”
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Image Credit: CBE Entertainment/RCA Records It’s the residence of Elaine (Kelsey Lee) in Chris Brown’s 2013 “Fine China” music video.
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Image Credit: Netflix Grace Hanson (Jane Fonda) and Frankie Bergstein (Lily Tomlin) attend a memorial service there in the season one episode of “Grace and Frankie” titled “The Funeral.”
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Image Credit: CBS Media Ventures Wade Felton (Walton Goggins) gets a job redoing the residence’s yard in the season one episode of “The Unicorn” titled “The Client.”
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Image Credit: Hulu And it was prominently featured as the home of Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) and her family on “Little Fires Everywhere.” Of choosing the property for the 2020 Hulu series, production designer Jessica Kender told Architectural Digest, “We saw this big beautiful Tudor-esque house built in the 1920s. It was in this little pocket on top of a hill with a fountain in the middle. Everything about it read very old money, it has this beautifully moneyed perfection type of vibe.” Though the mansion was burned down in the final episode, no bricks were actually harmed in the making of the show. Instead, producers had the façade re-created inside of a soundstage for the fire scenes.